some of us might enjoy following the world championships
you can find worlds results at
http://www.omegatiming.com/
first click on
"XI FINA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS"
then click on
"Swimming"
on the top middle of the page
July 24 Day 8
Preliminaries
SESSION 1 09:30
100 m Butterfly (W)
400 m Free (M)
200 m IM (W)
50 m Butterfly (M)
400 m Free (W)
100 m *** (M)
4x100 m Free (W)
4x100 mFree (M)
Finals
SESSION 2 18:00 - 20:00
100 m Butterfly (W)– Semi
400 m Free (M)
200 m IM (W)– Semi
50 m Butterfly (M)– Semi
400 m Free (W)
100 m *** (M)– Semi
4x100 m Free (W)
4x100 m Free (M)
July 25 Day 9
Preliminaries
SESSION 3 09:30
100 m Back (W)
200 m Free (M)
100 m *** (W)
100 m Back (M)
1500 m Free (W)
Finals
SESSION 4 18:00 - 20:00
50 m Butterfly (M)
100 m *** (W)– Semi
100 m *** (M)
100 m Butterfly (W)
200 m Free (M)– Semi
100 m Back (W)– Semi
100 m Back (M)– Semi
200 m IM (W)
July 26 Day 10
Preliminaries
SESSION 5 09:30
50 m *** (M)
200 m Butterfly (M)
200 m Free (W)
800 m Free (M)
Finals
SESSION 6 18:00 - 20:10
1500 m Free (W)
50 m *** (M)– Semi
100 m Back (W)
200 m Butterfly (M)– Semi
100 m *** (W)
100 m Back (M)
200 m Free (W)– Semi
200 m Free (M)
July 27 Day 11
Preliminaries
SESSION 7 09:30
50 m Back (W)
100 m Free (M)
200 m Butterfly (W)
200 m IM (M)
Finals
SESSION 8 18:00 - 20:00
100 m Free (M)– Semi
50 m Back (W)– Semi
50 m *** (M)
200 m Free (W)
200 m Butterfly (M)
200 m Butterfly (W)– Semi
200 m IM (M)– Semi
800 m Free (M)
July 28 Day 12
Preliminaries
SESSION 9 09:30
100 m Free (W)
200 m Back (M)
200 m *** (W)
200 m *** (M)
4x200 m Free (W)
Finals
SESSION 10 18:00 - 20:10
100 m Free (W)– Semi
200 m *** (M)– Semi
50 m Back (W)
100 m Free (M)
200 m Butterfly (W)
200 m Back (M)– Semi
200 m *** (W)– Semi
200 m IM (M)
4x200 m Free (W)
July 29 Day 13
Preliminaries
SESSION 11 09:30
50 m Butterfly (W)
50 m Free (M)
800 m Free (W)
100 m Butterfly (M)
200 m Back (W)
4x200 m Free (M)
Finals
SESSION 12 18:00 - 20:10
100 m Free (W)
200 m Back (M)
200 m Back (W)– Semi
50 m Free (M)– Semi
200 m *** (W)
100 m Butterfly (M)– Semi
50 m Butterfly (W)– Semi
200 m *** (M)
4x200 m Free (M)
July 30 Day 14
Preliminaries
SESSION 13 09:30
50 m Free (W)
50 m Back (M)
50 m *** (W)
1500 m Free (M)
4x100 m Medley (W)
Finals
SESSION 14 18:00 - 20:10
50 m Butterfly (W)
50 m Free (M)
200 m Back (W)
100 m Butterfly (M)
50 m *** (W)– Semi
50 m Free (W)– Semi
50 m Back (M)– Semi
800 m Free (W)
4x100 m Medley (W)
July 31 Day 15
Preliminaries
SESSION 15 09:30
400 m IM (M)
400 m IM (W)
4x100 m Medley (M)
Finals
SESSION 16 18:00 - 20:10
50 m Back (M)
50 m *** (W)
400 m IM (M)
50 m Free (W)
1500 m Free (M)
400 m IM (W)
4x100 m Medley (M)
CLOSING CEREMONY
I agree with what everyone is saying and I will add some more information as to why I don't think a major network is providing the World Championships. ESPN and ESPN2 were very successful in carrying the 2003 Championships from Spain and they had at least 12 hours of aquatic coverage. Rumor has it that they had a contract for this meet but it was cancelled when FINA pulled the Montreal bid and for a while the meet was uncertain as to where it was going to be, if it would be held at all. Cities like Athens, Berlin, and Moscow were interested and were going to put bids together for the meet.
Then some strange things happen like the head organizer for Montreal was found dead of an apparent sucide and then a couple of weeks later FINA announced that the meet was going back to Montreal and the financial woes have apppartently been straigthten out. Because of this uncertainty, I am convinced that the major networks did not want to get caught holding the bag so to speak, so none of them bid on the meet.
FOX Sports announced on there website that they would carry the meet but were very vague until this week when they announced that College Sports Net would provide the coverage.
In 2001, when the championships were in Japan, I don't believe there was any coverage, even tape delay. The 1998 Perth and 1994 Rome Championships were covered tape delay.
Swimming has been very succesful in the last 2 years and I really feel that if the meet was not originally dropped by FINA, you would have the same coverage that was provided by Spain in 2003. I am lucky because I can pick up CBC real well. Also today my cable company was having a special to add stations and for $4.95 per month I get all these sports stations including FOX College Sports Net. I am in the Eastern division which is one of the 3 regions they will show the coverage. I plan on watching and taping both coverages as I have done in the past.
I agree with what everyone is saying and I will add some more information as to why I don't think a major network is providing the World Championships. ESPN and ESPN2 were very successful in carrying the 2003 Championships from Spain and they had at least 12 hours of aquatic coverage. Rumor has it that they had a contract for this meet but it was cancelled when FINA pulled the Montreal bid and for a while the meet was uncertain as to where it was going to be, if it would be held at all. Cities like Athens, Berlin, and Moscow were interested and were going to put bids together for the meet.
Then some strange things happen like the head organizer for Montreal was found dead of an apparent sucide and then a couple of weeks later FINA announced that the meet was going back to Montreal and the financial woes have apppartently been straigthten out. Because of this uncertainty, I am convinced that the major networks did not want to get caught holding the bag so to speak, so none of them bid on the meet.
FOX Sports announced on there website that they would carry the meet but were very vague until this week when they announced that College Sports Net would provide the coverage.
In 2001, when the championships were in Japan, I don't believe there was any coverage, even tape delay. The 1998 Perth and 1994 Rome Championships were covered tape delay.
Swimming has been very succesful in the last 2 years and I really feel that if the meet was not originally dropped by FINA, you would have the same coverage that was provided by Spain in 2003. I am lucky because I can pick up CBC real well. Also today my cable company was having a special to add stations and for $4.95 per month I get all these sports stations including FOX College Sports Net. I am in the Eastern division which is one of the 3 regions they will show the coverage. I plan on watching and taping both coverages as I have done in the past.
